{"product_id":"9781554551064","title":"Libertad","description":"\u003cp\u003eGovernor General's Literary Award nominee 2008\u003cbr\u003e - Children's Literature, Text category \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award Winner, 2009 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2010 Skipping Stones Honor Award Winner \u003cbr\u003e - Multicultural and International Awareness Books category \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGolden Oak Award winner, 2009 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCanadian Children's Book Centre Awards 2009 finalist \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn Resource Link's \"Best of 2008\" List \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCLA Children's Book of the Year Award Honour Book, 2009 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManitoba Young Readers' Choice Awards shortlist, 2010 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCanadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice, 2009 \u003cbr\u003e - Starred Choice \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOLA's Silver Birch Fiction nominee 2010 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith their father gone to America to make money for his family, Libertad, his little brother Julio and their mother scrape a living out of a dump in Guatemala City. Although it is too late for him, Libertad is determined that his little brother should go to school. Taught to play the marimba by his father, Libertad uses his talent as a street musician to raise enough money for his brother's school supplies. But his dreams for their future are destroyed when their mother is killed in a freak accident. Libertad must face the inevitable truth; they cannot survive on the streets of Guatemala City alone. There is only one thing to do. They must set out on the long and lonely journey to the Rio Grande River, where they plan to cross the water and enter the United States to find their father. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA moving story about determination and hope, \u003ci\u003eLibertad\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning free verse novel by the author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Garage\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWalking on Glass\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fitzhenry \u0026 Whiteside, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047624818928,"sku":"9781554551064","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781554551064_p0.jpg?v=1763752435","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781554551064","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}